Re: PostgreSQL port to pure Java?

From: Frank Wiles <frank(at)wiles(dot)org>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL port to pure Java?
Date: 2003-12-09 15:30:24
Message-ID: 20031209093024.1757b48a.frank@wiles.org
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 07:15:41 -0800 (PST)
Ivelin Ivanov <ivelin(at)apache(dot)org> wrote:

>
> Has this subject been discussed before?
> I did not find any references to it in the archives.
>
> I think that a co-bundle between an open source J2EE
> container like JBoss and a scalable database like
> PostgreSQL will be a blast.
>
> There are several well performing comercial Java dbs
> out there and there is Hypersonic which is free and
> fast, but supports only READ_UNCOMMITED and is build
> to grow up to ~200MB.

This would be a huge undertaking, rewriting PostgreSQL entirely
in Java. Not to mention it would kill PostgreSQL's current
speedy performance!

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http://frank.wiles.org
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